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FEV to show compressed natural gas light-duty concept engine with ATAC combustion system at 2011 SAE World Congress

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In developing the demonstrator, FEV implemented a number of alterations to a Volkswagen 2L TDI base engine design, including creating a custom intake manifold, requiring the modification of the direct injection system, creating a multi-point injection system similar to port injection. Umierski, P.

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New split-cycle concept to control diesel HCCI combustion

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A team from Universita degli Studi di Pisa (Italy) and Rolf Reitz at the University of Wisconsin-Madison are proposing a novel combustion concept—Homogenous Charge Progressive Combustion (HCPC)—based on a split-cycle principle to control HCCI combustion in diesel-fueled engines. Click to enlarge. —Musu et al.,

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